Health
Health and healthcare are at the forefront of disability rights issues. In these pieces, you’ll find insights on topics ranging from insurance and the need for systemic change within medical institutions, to the importance of self-care for your physical and mental well-being.
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“Tell Me What It Feels Like” – A Disabled Woman’s Exploration of Cannabis
Editor’s Note: The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. This article is not intended as medical advice or an endorsement of cannabis use. Please consult your doctor before any cannabis use. There were a few…
Brexit is Already Blocking Access to Birth Control
Birth control is a vital medication for those with reproductive health issues, but for those in the United Kingdom (UK), Brexit may be putting their access to this and other medications manufactured outside the UK at risk. There are different…
How have wildfires impacted your health and your community?
Crosscut just reported on a new study from the University of Washington that showed that Washingtonians were more likely to die on smokey days. This research reiterates what we know from our lived experience – poor air quality, in particular…
People Who Use Inhalers Aren’t Responsible for the Climate Crisis. Corporations and Governments Are.
Amidst global environmental tragedy, disabled people are the first to be impacted and the last to be considered. Meanwhile, abled environmentalists scapegoat disabled people as the cause of these tragedies. I am an environmentalist and was an aspiring wildlife educator.…
5 Things Disabled People are Looking for in Healthcare Plans as the 2020 Elections Approach
A friend asks: “Do you support Medicare For All? Why not? Don’t you believe everyone has a right to health care?” Your coworker says: “I think everyone should have healthcare, but how do we pay for it? And even if…
Luxury Bones
The lies they sell us are expensive, and so is health, and the chance to seek education, and to sleep inside and drink water that is clean. To have children, or decide not to have a child, or to survive…
Why Aren’t More People Talking About Their Experiences with Vaginismus?
Content note: sex and sexual dysfunction, genitals, mention of gender and sexuality bias, medical settings and treatment, brief mention of past trauma I’m sitting upright on an examination table, my sore hip bones close as possible to the edge and…
Finding Sexual Health Care Shouldn’t Be So Difficult for Disabled People
The lives of people with disabilities are often medicalized, but our sexual health is mostly ignored. Doctors tend to be a big part of our lives, but they don’t ask about our sex life. You would think something like getting …